THE PATH TO ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS

THROUGH THE ASIAN COMMUNITY

The University of Indonesia is jointly organizing the Fourth International Conference of the Asian Philosophical Association (ICAPA 2008) in Jakarta, Indonesia on 4-6 November 2009 in cooperation with Fatih University of Turkey, DaeDong Philosophical Association of Korea.

The main themes of the conference are provided below. The sessions will be arranged thematically and each paper will be allowed twenty minutes for presentation. The languages of the conference are English, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean and Turkish. Accepted papers will be published in a proceedings volume one week before the conference will take place.

Prospective participants are invited to send abstracts of their proposed papers by 1 September 2009 to the following e-mail address: alpali@fatih.edu.tr The author should indicate his/her personal full contact details and include his/her summary curriculum vitae with the abstract.

Once the abstracts accepted, the final deadline for the submission of complete papers is 15 October 2009.

Main Themes of the Conference

The Path to Alliance of Civilizations through the Asian Community

I. The Glocal-Historical Perspectives

1. The Opening of the New World of Asian Community

2. Religious Tolerance

3. Problems of Human Rights and Democracy in Asia

4. Globalization and Asia

II. Educational and Philosophical Perspectives

1. The Idea of the University of Asian Community

2. World Universities and the Role of Higher Education in the Global World

3. Asian Philosophers: Past and Present

4. The Changing Philosophy in the Age of Asian Community

5. Comparative Study of Asian and other world Philosophers

III. Social and Economic Perspectives

http://www.asianpa.net/asianpa/conferences/indonisia/call-eng.pdf